We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

“It’s nothing serious. I just got back from Japan and haven’t been around here in a while, so I thought I’d come and take a look,” Su Cheng said with a smile, sitting in the chair with his legs crossed.

“If you hadn't said anything, I would have almost forgotten you just got back from Japan. I've been so busy these past few days that I'm dizzy,” Wei Li said,整理ing the documents on the desk and placing them on the bookshelf, with a hint of embarrassment.

“Oh? What’s been keeping you so busy lately?” Su Cheng asked in surprise.

“Indeed, there is a rather special matter. Boss, you remember, a year ago, after you discussed the urban complex project with me, I began working on it. As it happens, near Kowloon Tong, just a few dozen meters from the soon-to-be-completed subway station, we and Hutchison Whampoa Group own a sizable piece of land, perfect for building such an urban complex. So, we decided to start with one here as a trial.

On this piece of land, we started construction a year ago on a large commercial urban complex, with a planned land area of approximately 156,000 square meters and a building area of approximately 420,000 square meters, consisting of a large commercial center, commercial pedestrian street, office buildings, apartments, and other business formats. It is a large urban complex integrating shopping, leisure, dining, entertainment, culture, and residence.

Currently, we have tentatively named this commercial complex Hutchison Plaza, which is an abbreviation of our Hutchison Whampoa Group.

The main structure of the commercial complex has been completed and is undergoing interior decoration. The business plan will be launched soon. This is an unprecedented model in Hong Kong and even the world, and I hope it can bring a different mission to the group.

Once this model is successful, Hutchison Plaza will be a new model that we will continue to expand. In the future, I hope Hutchison Plaza can be opened in every major city in the world, becoming an important landmark of a city.

These days, I have been busy approving and revising the business promotion plans submitted by my subordinates. Now it is coming to an end. After the plan is finalized, our Hutchison Plaza will officially enter the business phase. After the business phase is over, we will enter the trial operation phase. After the trial operation is over, we will officially open. We have already confirmed the date of the official opening, which is the day the northern section of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway early system opens, October 1st.

Although the time is a bit tight, with our current reputation, the speed of attracting businesses should not be too slow. Moreover, many commercial entities are operated by ourselves or affiliated companies, such as hotels, cinemas, supermarkets, and appliance stores. The main focus of attracting businesses is on shopping, leisure, and catering shops. We have considered that only well-known brands can be stationed here, striving to make our brand a hit in one go, making this a trendy place for citizens to shop!

This urban complex, not including the land price, has cost us more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars before and after. The cost is much lower than the currently popular commercial complexes in the world.”

Wei Li took out a booklet from the bookshelf behind him and handed it to Su Cheng, while explaining to him.

Su Cheng opened the booklet and saw pictures, including a large commercial complex, three office buildings, and three apartment buildings, all of which were not high, only 12 floors.

At the bottom of the office buildings and apartments, commercial pedestrian streets and multiple pedestrian bridges were designed.

Judging from the photos, it is somewhat similar to the Wanda Plaza that Su Cheng was familiar with in later generations, but the scale can only be considered a little smaller.

The construction of the commercial complex is not very difficult. In addition, the construction department of Hutchison Real Estate Company is a very mature team. Therefore, it is not surprising at all that this large urban complex can be built in one year.

“You guys are progressing really fast,” Su Cheng said with emotion after putting down the booklet.

He has always paid little attention to the group's operations. After all, a group has too many businesses.

“We also took into account that the northern section of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway early system will open on October 1st, so we hope that this urban complex can open on the same day to welcome more traffic. Therefore, we have invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this construction, ensuring the quality of construction while building it at the fastest speed. As a result, it is finally about to be completed,” Wei Li said with great pride.

In the beginning, when Su Cheng described this urban complex, he had already decided to have Hutchison Whampoa Group put effort into this area.

After all, if it is managed well, it would be another direction in which sales channels could explode. After the BUG-like sales channel of the Oracle brand experience store caused sales of many of the group's manufacturing subsidiaries to soar, it also made him more enthusiastic about the development of sales channels.

Once Hutchison Plaza is successfully operated, then they will have the final say on the shops inside.

Su Cheng nodded and asked Xiao Ai to check the opening time of the Mass Transit Railway early system.

Soon, the information was displayed in Su Cheng's mind:

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On September 30, 1979, the northern section of the Mass Transit Railway early system (Kwun Tong to Shek Kip Mei) was completed and officially opened on October 1. At that time, the subway only ran with 4-car trains, and the minimum fare was HK$1;

On December 16, the middle section of the Mass Transit Railway early system (Shek Kip Mei to Tsim Sha Tsui) was opened, extending the route to Tsim Sha Tsui. However, Mong Kok Station and Yau Ma Tei Station were not opened until December 31 and December 22 of the same year due to construction difficulties.

On February 12, 1980, the southern section of the Mass Transit Railway early system (Tsim Sha Tsui to Central) was opened, marking the full opening of the Mass Transit Railway early system.

After seeing the opening time chosen by Wei Li, Su Cheng still agreed very much. If he were to decide, he would also choose October 1st as the opening time. After all, their first urban complex was built in Kowloon Tong, and Kowloon Tong Station is one of the stations belonging to the northern section of the Mass Transit Railway early system (Kwun Tong to Shek Kip Mei), and the opening time of Kowloon Tong Station is October 1st.

On the day the subway station opens, this epoch-making product will also open. As long as the publicity is in place, it is conceivable how popular the traffic will be at that time! (End of this chapter)